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- ↑ "78 Record: Moon Mullican - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "78 Record: Jimmy Dorsey - It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "78 Record: Ernest Tubb - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (1950)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 355.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 45.
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